TBC continues its winning tradition

Team opens USSSA World Championship on Monday

7:43 PM,
Jul. 20, 2013

Robbie Zimmerman reviews play calls with his team during a recent practice. Zimmerman is the Leon High baseball coach and is coaching the TBC squad that is made up of players from around the Big Bend region. The Tallahassee Baseball Club, is preparing for the national tournament being held in Kissimmee, FL.

Written by

Jim Henry
| Democrat assistant sports editor

There was a time when the Tallahassee Baseball Club was one of only a few area high school-aged travel teams. Those days are long gone, however, as a plethora of summer teams dot the Tallahassee and Big Bend landscapes.

In fact, TBC coach Robbie Zimmerman, at least for a few anxious moments, wondered if there would be a 21st version of the TBC this summer.

"A lot of the talent has been spread out to different teams and a bunch of guys we would normally get in past years went in different directions," said Zimmerman, the head coach at Leon who founded TBC. ...